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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 2:26:02 GMT
Dwight in Lethbridge posted a new Planet Neb recently (but not here on June 10, 2014). I would like to re-post the information for comments. It is near HR 6858 where Greg's Mystery Halo was also sighted. Thanks Patrick "I came across this object in Serpens while broadcasting the other night. Seems to be a small planetary nebula. I am submitting this to the IAU as I can not find in on any previously taken images of this area such as POSS nor any chart. Taken with a C11 at about F4 and 90 seconds exposure, single exposure with no processing done. www.flickr.com/photos/skywatch_utah/sets/72157644614394299/
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 12, 2014 7:09:11 GMT
Yes it was an interesting time watching this. I was one of the viewers during Dwights broadcast and while we were trying to see Greg W's mysterious Ring, this small fuzzy Blob was very obvious, yet none of us knew what it was. It will be interesting to see if it is already catalogued in some obscure catalogue somewhere, or if Dwight has discovered something new. www.flickr.com/photos/skywatch_utah/14423116453/in/set-72157644614394299It does has some resemblance to a Spiral galaxy when zoomed into.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 9:42:35 GMT
yep...100% an alien!! All jokes aside tho... I love how that out of all astronomers us VA guys are actually the most likely to ever see / catch evidence of unexplainable stuff up there!! And also the fact that its broadcast live to loads of witnesses!!
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:08:57 GMT
During Dwight's live broadcast on NSN in search of Greg W's mysterious Ring, Dwight, Pat and myself noticed a small bright nebula in Serpens Cauda that none of us could identify (as posted by Pat above). I did some further research using Dwights original Image, and a cropped version, then compared them to the same area from 'NASA 2MASS' and the 'Digital Sky Survey'. Dwights Image is the only one to show the object. This is looking exciting, but further research would be beneficial. The Co-ords are: 18 20 12.000 -15 55 57.00 Here are the comparison Images: The Original Screen Grab from Dwight's Broadcast A Crop of the Image to show it close up The exact stars in a DSS Image (Digital Sky Survey). Notice, no nebula. The exact stars in NASA 2MASS image. Again, no nebula. These images show that Dwights Nebula was not visible prior to Dwight's imaging of the area. Here is a map of how to find the location if you can't use the co-ords above and how to find the area compared to Swan nebula (M17) and Star HR 6858
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Post by johnno on Jun 12, 2014 12:23:05 GMT
Has he sent it off for verification?
it would be great if they named it after him 'Dwights Nebula' it as a nice ring to it.
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:25:28 GMT
I don't know John. They are only just getting up in the morning in Canada. I left this info in the Mallincam Group too so he would see it. Won't know until he responds either in there or in here.
Pity it is raining here or I'd be out there looking at it myself because right at this moment it is directly overhead!
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 12, 2014 13:23:06 GMT
Here's a map from Stellarium for people that rather use Stellarium as a starmap for finding objects.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 14:13:55 GMT
yep...100% an alien!! All jokes aside tho... I love how that out of all astronomers us VA guys are actually the most likely to ever see / catch evidence of unexplainable stuff up there!! And also the fact that its broadcast live to loads of witnesses!! Never thought about it, but you are 100% correct. When using my CCD cam, I frame, focus and capture (for hours some times), never watching the Display for transient events, or anything else, except the object I am interested in. With video I am watching the Display and comparing to Planetarium SW almost 100% of the time. Stands to reason Video Astronomers will always see more, cause they are actually watching....Thanks Patrick
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 12, 2014 15:36:32 GMT
and it's also easy for us to move our camera (scope) slightly so the object has moved in the FOV to see if it is just an inner reflection.
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